Attachment for cash-registers.



Mazda W. V. BAUMAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.20,1911.

Patented Oct. 15,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM V. BAULVIAN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOP.- CASH-REGISTERS.

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for cash registers by means of which a person standing at the end of the register, or at a point in the room where only the end of the register can be seen, can read the amount rung up by the clerk or operator of the machine as easily as the person standing in front of the machine.

The invention consists generally in supplemental or duplicate indicators connected with the primary indicators of a cash register and readable from the end of the machine.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cash register with my invention applied thereto, Figs. 2 and 3 are detail sectional views illustrating the arrangement and the manner of mounting the auxiliary or supplemental indicators.

In the drawing, 2 represents a cash register having keys 3 and indicators 4 connected with the key bars to indicate to the purchaser the amount of the purchase. These indicators are disposed in planes run ning lengthwise of the machine so that only the person in the front and the rear of the machine can read the amount on the indicator and determine the key that is struck by the operator of the machine. In places having a long counter or bar, like a saloon, the proprietor at the end of the bar may hear the machine operated by the bar-tender but cannot possibly tell the amount rung up without going to the front or rear of the machine. The bar-tender or clerk is thus in position to ring up a different amount from that of the purchase and thereby defraud his employer and defeat the purpose for which the machine is used. To obviate this objection, I mount a supplemental casing 5 on the top of the register, provided with a floor 6 therein through which a series of rods 7 depend and are vertically slidable, having their lower ends provided with a clamp device 8 for gripping the upper end of the register indicators 4t. On top of the rod 7 I arrange a series of supplemental indicators 9, corresponding to those in the register be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 20, 1911.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Serial No. 667,024.

neath but disposed in planes at right angles substantially to the plane of the indicators all, and adapted to be projected above the top of the casing 5 when the indicators 4 are operated to enable the proprietor, or any person looking at the end of the machine, to easily determine the amount that is rung up by the clerk or bar-tender. The proprietor is thus able to keep a mental check on the operation of the machine and more easily detect any pilfering on the part of his employees.

I do not wish to be confined to the specific means employed for connecting the duplicate indicators with the primary indicators of the register, as various modifications thereof may be devised by any one skilled in this art.

I claim as my invention 1. A cash register having keys, a group of primary indicators bearing characters readable from the front of the machine to indicate the amount of the purchase, in combination with a casing mounted on said register, a group of duplicate indicators within said casing and connected with. said primary indicators for simultaneous movement, said duplicate indicators bearing characters corresponding to those of said primary indicators and readable from the end of the machine.

2. The combination, with a cash register and its indicator plates, of a casing mounted thereon, a series of duplicate indicator plates disposed within said casing and having deaending rods, the lower ends of said rods being attached to the indicator plates of the register and vertically movable therewith, said duplicate plates being visible above the top of their casing and disposed in planes at an angle to the plane of the register plates, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with a cash register and its indicator plates, of a casing mounted thereon, a series of rods vertically slidable in said casing and disposed in staggered relation to one another, the lower ends of said rods being attached to the indicator plates of said register and vertically movable therewith, and duplicate indicator plates mounted on the upper ends of said rods and visible at the end of the register when the register indicators are raised, and said duplicate indicators being disposed in planes at an angle to the planes of said register indicators.

4. A cash register having keys and a series of plates to indicate the amount of the purchase, said plates being disposed in staggered relation to one another, and a corresponding number of duplicate plates connected with said first named plates for simultaneous movement and also arranged in staggered relation to one another and hearing marks or characters which are readable from the end of the machine.

5. A cash register having a key-board and a series of primary indicators bearing characters readable from the front of the machine to indicate the amount of the purchase, in combination with a series of duplicate indicators bearing characters corresponding to those of the primary indicators and disposed above said primary indicators, rods connecting said duplicate indicators with said primary indicators, said duplicate indicators bearing characters corresponding to those of said primary indicators and visible from the end of the machine.

6. A cash register comprising a series of keys and a series of primary indicators bearing characters indicating the amount of the purchase, said primary indicators being readable from the front of the machine, in combination with a casing mounted on said register, a series of duplicate indicators arranged in said casing and bearing characters corresponding to the characters of said primary indicators and readable from the end of the machine, and means operatively connecting said duplicate indicators with said primary lndicators through the top of said register.

7. The combination, in a cash register, with a series of keys, of duplicate indicators for each key arranged one above the other in planes at right angles to each other, substantially as described.

8. The combination, in a cash register, with a series of keys, of duplicate indicators for each key arranged one above the other and in planes at right angles to each other and a suitable casing concealing said duplicate indicators when in a depressed position, and permitting the characters upon one set of indicators to be readable when elevated from the front of the machine and upon the duplicate indicators to be readable from the end of the machine, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 12 day of December, 1911.

WILLIAM V. BAUMAN.

Witnesses GENEVIEVE E. SoRENsEN, EDWARD A. FAUL Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. G. 

